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Tell Afis

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Carolin Johansson, Rune Rattenborg

Last modified Apr 20, 2023 07:16 AM — History

Iron Age settlement in Syria. The site has been tentatively identified as Hadarikka/Hazrek, the capital of the region of Luhuti/Luash, which became part of the kingdom of Hamath around 796 BCE.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/725486993

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.9039679547, 36.79853497

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tell Afis (1200 BC - 700 BC)
- CIGS location of Tall Āfis (unspecified date range)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Hadrech (Ancient Hebrew, 1200 BC - 700 BC)
- Hatarikka (Akkadian, 1200 BC - 700 BC)
- Hazrek (Aramaic, 1200 BC - 700 BC)
- تل افس (Tall Āfis: Arabic, modern)

Tell Afis makes connections with:

Less than certain: Tell Afis administrative dependent of Amathe/Epiphaneia (1200 BC - 700 BC)

Tell Afis receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

References:

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, Carolin Johansson, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Tell Afis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/725486993> [accessed: 09 December 2023]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/725486993 |title=Places: 725486993 (Tell Afis) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=December 9, 2023 6:26 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Tell Afis